Chapter 308 Fixed Asset Appreciation

Friday, September 30th.

With the settlement just around the corner, Pei Qian was feeling a little tired, yet also uneasy.

After a week of frantically spending money, especially by continuously opening new branches and investing in Otto Technologies, Pei Qian had finally managed to reduce the system funds to 8.74 million. This was nothing short of a miracle.

The initial system funds for this cycle were 20 million, but so far, the exact amount of the loss couldn’t be determined.

That was because the value of the fixed assets still needed to be added.

The system didn’t update the value of the fixed assets in real time. It only refreshed it once when the fixed assets were first purchased, and then again at the time of settlement.

However, Pei Qian had roughly estimated it and felt that there shouldn't be a big problem.

So far, in addition to the original villa in Ming Yun Mountain Manor, Pei Qian also had four buildings. Their values at the time of the last update were 8.61 million, 32 million, 20 million, and 8.1 million x2.

Pei Qian calculated that the total value of the current fixed assets was 76.81 million, which meant that they would be converted into 7.68 million of system funds.

If all went well, this cycle should be able to convert -(8.74+7.68-20) x0.1=360,000.

What's more, there was also a special mission. Even if it couldn't be fully deducted, as long as it reduced some of the amount, this cycle wouldn't be a complete waste.

Before Pei Qian's eyes, the system light screen automatically appeared.

[Wealth Conversion System 2.0]

[Host: Pei Qian]

[Surplus Conversion Ratio: 1000:1, Loss Conversion Ratio: 10:1]

[Settlement Imminent...]

[Re-evaluating Fixed Asset Value...]

[System Funds: 7.39 million + 9.63 million (↓1.63 million)]

[Fixed Assets: 96.33 million]

[Details: Ming Yun Mountain Manor Commercial and Residential Villa (9.1 million), 12 Units in Building 1 of City Dawn (39.57 million), 77 Units in Shun Dong Garden Commercial and Residential Building (23.26 million), 16 Units in Building 8 of Binhu Community (12.26 million), 16 Units in Building 9 of Binhu Community (12.14 million)]

Pei Qian was stunned, and three question marks instantly floated above his head.

???

What the hell?

The previously estimated value of the fixed assets was 76 million, so why had it become 96 million now?

Pei Qian quickly checked the details of the fixed assets and found that these buildings had all increased in value to varying degrees!

Among them, the two buildings in Binhu Community had directly soared from 8 million to 12 million. The City Dawn building where he lived had soared from 32 million to more than 39 million. Even the commercial and residential buildings in Ming Yun Mountain Manor and Shun Dong Garden had increased in value.

All added together, they had inexplicably increased by nearly 20 million. The direct consequence was that the originally expected loss of 3.58 million was now only 1.63 million!

In other words, the personal property that could be converted had shrunk by 195,000 all at once.

Pei Qian slapped his forehead, his face pale.

Damn it!

There was a big problem with this calculation!

The villas in Ming Yun Mountain Manor soared in value because the nameless restaurant had become more popular, which drove up the surrounding housing prices;

The other buildings were the same, partly because of the reputation of Sloth Apartments, and partly because of the renovations.

Pei Qian bought the City Dawn and Binhu Community buildings at rock-bottom prices. Especially Binhu Community, which had been uninhabited for several years and was in disrepair. Each apartment was only selling for 500,000.

But now, the two buildings in Binhu Community had been redecorated by designers, and the living environment had directly undergone a leap. So the price naturally rose, directly returning to the normal housing price level, and even exceeding it by a large margin!

Pei Qian originally thought that even if there was an error in his estimated value, it shouldn't be too big, but now it seemed that he had completely miscalculated.

Nearly 200,000 of personal property had disappeared, and Pei Qian almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.

This was even more uncomfortable than being backstabbed ten thousand times!

Pei Qian didn't have much time to be sad, because in his vision, the light screen was still scrolling.

[Special Mission for This Cycle: Boundless Sea of Learning, Endless Learning (Completed)]

[Evaluating the Degree of Completion...]

[Course of Study: Game Design]

[Tuition Fees: 1.6 million]

[Degree of Completion: Perfect]

[Reward: The host can freely reduce or increase a certain amount of system funds. The value is: 1.6 million x8=12.8 million]

[Please Use the Reward Before Wealth Conversion]

Pei Qian was stunned for a moment, then his face lit up with joy.

Perfect, not bad!

Originally, Pei Qian didn't have any special expectations for the completion of this mission. He was thinking that it would be good enough to reduce two or three million, but he never expected to achieve the highest amount!

As for why he was able to achieve a "perfect" evaluation, Pei Qian considered that it was mainly due to the following reasons:

The successful spending of 1.6 million in tuition fees showed that the system recognized the true level of He An and Qiu Hong;

He An and Qiu Hong basically held nothing back when they were lecturing, and took out all their treasured goods;

Pei Qian had reached a new level of understanding of games, especially his own games, and had a comprehensive understanding of basic game design concepts, the development history of domestic games, and other knowledge.

In other words, Pei Qian used to make games entirely by guessing, without understanding anything at all; now Pei Qian still makes games entirely by guessing, but he understands a lot.

The system determines the learning effect based on Pei Qian's knowledge reserves before and after learning.

Pei Qian was like an elementary school student who correctly answered a university exam entirely by guessing; now Pei Qian's knowledge reserves are equivalent to a middle school student. Although he still relies on guessing to answer university exams, in the system's judgment, he has made progress.

It could only be said that life was full of surprises.

Pei Qian didn't hesitate to choose to reduce the system funds. The reason why he worked so hard to lose money in this cycle was for the reward of this special mission!

If this 12.8 million was used to increase the system funds, it would only be an extra ten thousand in income, which was insignificant; but if it was used to reduce the system funds, it would be very worthwhile!

[System Funds Being Reduced...]

[System Funds: 0 million + 9.63 million (↓10.37 million)]

[Fixed Assets: 96.33 million]

[Personal Property: 1.07 million]

[Settling...]

[Wealth Conversion in Progress...]

[System Funds: 0 million + 9.63 million (↓10.37 million)]

[Fixed Assets: 96.33 million]

[Personal Property: 2.214 million (↑1.04 million x 110%)]

[The Wealth Conversion Value for the Current Cycle Has Reached Over 200,000. A Mysterious Reward Within System Rules Will Be Obtained. (Claimable)]

[Current Unfinished Project: Otto Technologies Laboratory Research Project. Relevant Products Must Be Launched Before the Next Settlement.]

Seeing this, Pei Qian patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

The ups and downs of life were really too exciting!

Originally, he could only get 160,000, but after this special mission, it directly became 1.14 million.

Pei Qian had more than 900,000 of personal property in the last cycle. He usually didn't have any big expenses, but it was impossible not to spend a penny. Because if he wanted to fleece the system, he had to associate this expense with work and get it reimbursed by the company's finance department. It was quite troublesome, so he simply paid for things under a few hundred yuan himself.

In addition, Ruin's skin revenue fluctuated around 40,000 to 50,000 per month, with no significant increase for the time being.

There was no way around it. Pei Qian was screwed by his own pricing strategy for *GOG*.

Because Ruin was a crowd-sourced idea, players could buy new skins at a discount upon release. Later, the price would return to normal, but fewer people would buy them.

What's more, *GOG*'s focus now was overseas. The huge number of new heroes from Hurricane Comics were still being released continuously, and each hero needed skins. The development team couldn't just focus on Ruin and release skins like crazy.

So, over the past three months, the money earned from skins was only over 100,000, which was not as exciting as he had imagined.

However, Pei Qian was satisfied. What was he complaining about? This was already a lot.

Let's claim the mysterious reward first.

[Mysterious Reward: Welfare Upgrade. Every Cycle Where the Wealth Conversion Value Reaches Over 800,000 Will Receive a *Significantly Influential* Mysterious Reward (Currently Claimable)]

After the Wealth Conversion System 2.0 was updated, there was a permanent benefit for each cycle, which was that a mysterious reward could be obtained after the wealth conversion value reached 200,000.

The mysterious rewards were varied, and the mysterious reward for the last cycle was the special mission for this cycle.

And this mysterious reward was a welfare upgrade. A "significantly influential" mysterious reward could be claimed when the wealth conversion value reached 800,000. Because the wealth conversion amount for this cycle had already exceeded 800,000, it could be claimed immediately.

Pei Qian was a little dizzy.

No meta-rewards!

However, being able to claim a reward twice was still a very happy thing.

Pei Qian felt that this was mainly due to his unwavering concept of losing money in this cycle. A wealth conversion value of 800,000 meant earning 800 million, which was still much more difficult than losing money.

Click to claim again.

[Mysterious Reward (Upgraded Version): A Technological Breakthrough Will Randomly Occur Within the Next 6 Months.]

Pei Qian was stunned for a moment, then went back to look at the original description.

Then, a bunch of question marks floated above his head.

?????

Are you kidding me?

Previously, when Pei Qian saw "significantly influential mysterious reward," he subconsciously thought that this reward must be better than the original mysterious reward. Otherwise, why would it be called "significantly influential?"

Only now did he realize that "significantly influential" didn't necessarily mean it would influence him, and it wasn't necessarily a good influence!

Take this reward for example: a technological breakthrough will randomly occur?

What if this technological breakthrough was related to the project he was working on?

This damn thing...

Pei Qian, who had been in a good mood just now, became depressed again.

Sure enough, the system insisted on being a son of a bitch for a hundred years without wavering.

[Next Settlement Time: 4 Months Later]

[System Funds Will Be Supplemented Soon, Target Amount: 30 Million]

[System Funds Supplementing to 30 Million...]

[System Funds Supplemented]

[System Funds: 30 million + 9.63 million]

[Fixed Assets: 96.33 million]

[Personal Property: 2.214 million]

[Permanent Reward: A *Significantly Influential* Mysterious Reward Will Be Obtained When the Wealth Conversion Value for the Current Cycle Reaches Over 800,000.]

[Current Unfinished Project: Otto Technologies Laboratory Research Project. Relevant Products Must Be Launched Before the Next Settlement.]

After experiencing the previous ups and downs, Pei Qian's mood was already very calm.

The next cycle will be until January 31st, only four months, a short cycle, with no special missions.

It seemed a bit unpromising, but Pei Qian was instead full of motivation.

The system funds for the next cycle had increased by another 10 million, which meant that he could continue to buy fixed assets. Plus, there was Teacher He's help at Tengda Games...

Let's set a small goal first, and strive to lose 20 million!